In taking this story on for the indie company Saga Collectif, playwright Ho Ka Kei grappled with the question of where he and his collaborators, mostly queer folks and people of colour, coul…
The Mississauga-raised actor comes home to the GTA with a role in the touring company of the comedy stage hit.
The anchor of the play is Philip Riccio as Clark, who through understated but profound character work draws the audience into Clark's psyche and his dilemma, writes Karen Fricker.
Cycle of stories brings unusual choices and structures to Tarragon stage, to solid effect.
It gets a bit overextended at the end but the Toronro production of The Play That Goes Wrong delivers on its promise: a laugh-filled night where nothing goes right.
On Karen Fricker's and Carly Maga's list: Indigenous theatre like After the Fire, Broadway musicals like Dear Evan Hansen and Kiss of the Spider Woman, Canadian classics like Lilies and Mary…
The founder of Drayton Entertainment talks to Joel Rubinoff about breaking down barriers and using theatre as a catalyst for change.
Theatre professionals offer their thoughts on the state of the industry in Toronto " the changes that have come and those that are still needed.
Lepage's play on Black slavery last summer during the Montreal International Jazz Festival was cancelled due to the fact that the play included a mostly white cast picking cotton and singing…
The controversial play, which opened in Paris last week, 'would have been better with us' in it, says the maker of the documentary Ce silence qui tue.
Toronto Star theatre critics Karen Fricker and Carly Maga reveal what popped for them on Toronto stages, plus two more from voices they want to hear more from.
Harry is a dad now, with a son who is best friends with the son of Potter's nemesis, Draco Malfoy
Teens versed in hip-hop moves come together with jaded theatre
Orphan Black stars aims to 'honour and respect' Faye Dunaway's turn as Diana Christensen in the 1976 film version, but also tries 'to own it for myself,' she tells the Star's Karen Fricker.
Cancelled and then resurrected by the Théâtre du Soleil, the play seems well-intentioned but presents a simplistic view of Canadian Indigenous inequality and the steps needed to address …
How hard can it be to play a musical instrument? Carly Maga got a lesson on the bass from 11-year-old Leanne Parks, a cast member in the musical now onstage at the Ed Mirvish Theatre.
Conversations with my Penis, written by New Zealand's Dean Hewison, was presented from Nov. 27 to Dec. 7, but the cigarette was dropped from the script after the visit from the health offici…
It's full of warm nostalgia but a flawed story and a whiff of tokenism hold back show at Scotiabank Arena.
Circus show by 7 Fingers at CAA Theatre uses performers' relations as inspiration for their top-notch, wow-factor feats.
The Vancouver-born actor passed his audition 'with flying colours' to pay the title role in the Toronto production of Broadway smash Dear Evan Hansen.
Côté will perform Romeo in Alexei Ratmansky's Romeo and Juliet, a role he originated for the Canadian company.
With Cirque du Soleil and 7 Fingers opening shows here this week, and Champions of Magic next week, Karen Fricker looks at the appeal of this style of entertainment.
The play is the first in Susanna Fournier's Empire Trilogy and evidence of a journey worth completing, writes Carly Maga.
A piece of advice for audiences is to pay attention right off the top, as information provided then informs everything that follows.